“They have over 26 years’ experience in the sport and know what it takes to win. “I have a very good team supporting me,” he said. White also attributes his recent success to the technical and tactical support he receives from his racing syndicate, Team DR7. I train very hard, riding at least three times a week on my cycle when I’m in Bermuda. “To be successful you have to invest everything you have. “This podium was a result of hard work and dedication,” White told The Royal Gazette. White, who celebrated his 25th birthday yesterday, placed third in the 600cc open class competing at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia. The Bermudian semi-professional motorcycle racer reached a milestone in his career after producing a maiden podium display on the Spanish CIV Championship circuit at the weekend.

Hard work and dedication is beginning to pay off for Dakari White. His best individual result in the world championships was a podium finish at the 1971 500cc West German Grand Prix when, he rode a Kawasaki H1R to a third place finish behind the reigning world champion Giacomo Agostini and Rob Bron at the Hockenheimring circuit.Built for speed: Dakari White persevered in Europe to land a deserving third-place finish on the Spanish circuit in Valencia His best Grand Prix season was in 1969, when he finished in seventh place in the 500cc world championship. In 1967 he won the prestigious 'King of Brands' title race. Ĭhandler's best result at the Isle of Man TT was a fifth place finish in the 1966 Senior TT riding a Matchless motorcycle. Breaking his ties to Tom Kirby in 1964, Chandler was then sponsored by Reg Kirby, Tom's brother and a motorcycle dealer from Stanford-le-Hope, Essex, whose bikes were prepared by Colin Seeley's race shop, Colin Seeley Racing Developments. Ī Thames Lighterman by trade, Chandler was sponsored during his early career from 1962 by entrant Tom Kirby a motorcycle dealer with premises at Roneo Corner, Hornchurch, Essex. He competed in selected Grand Prix motorcycle road racing events between 19. Ron Chandler was a British professional motorcycle racer. BSA Rocket 3 750 cc racer as campaigned by Chandler in the early 1970s

Semi professional motorcycle racer